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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1990

JOINING LADY WILSON AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE VICE

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR STEPHEN LAU,

CHAIRMAN OF

THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL'S RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE, DR SAMUEL WONG, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL'S RECREATION AND CULTURE SELECT COMMITTEE, MR TANG PUI-TAT.

VAN

IN HIS WELCOMING SPEECH, MR LAU SAID THIS YEAR'S SHOW BROUGHT TOGETHER A WIDE COLLECTION OF EXOTIC AND LOCAL FLORA WHICH INCLUDED ORCHIDS FROM TAIWAN, NEW GUINEA AND SOUTH EAST ASIA, RARE ORNAMENTAL

AS SPECIES FROM HAINAN PROVINCE AND OTHER PROVINCES

CHINA, AS SPECIAL AND NEW EXHIBITS FROM LOCAL CLUBS AND COMMERCIAL FIRMS.

OF

WELL

"ALL PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS HAVE PUT A GREAT EFFORT INTO SETTING UP THEIR STALLS FOR THE EXQUISITE DISPLAYS OF THE MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF FLORA FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD,' HE SAID.

MR JAMES

AND THE

THE CEREMONY WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY THE SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI; THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, SERVICES, MR HAIDER BARMA; SO; THE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRANCE LEE.

AT

WILSON

ALSO

THIS MORNING'S OPENING CEREMONY, LADY PRESENTED TROPHIES TO WINNERS OF THE "BEST DECORATED COUNTER"

FLOWER SHOW HELD COMPETITION, THE FIRST COMPETITION OF THE 1990 RECOGNITION OF THE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE PARTICIPANTS.

IN

ACCOMPANIED BY MR LAU AND MR CHEUNG AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF

THEN THE OFFICIATING PARTY, LADY WILSON

AND TOURED THE SHOW GROUND VIEWED THE VARIOUS DISPLAYS PUT UP BY EXHIBITORS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THE CORRECTIONAL. SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THE

THE 10-DAY FLOWER SHOW WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN THE

MARCH AFTERNOON. IT WOULD REMAIN OPEN UNTIL

4. THE DAILY OPENING

HOURS ARE FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM.

BE BECAUSE OF THE LONGER SHOW PERIOD, THERE WILL

A BREAK FROM DURING WHICH THE 1 PM ON FEBRUARY 27 TO 1 PM ON FEBRUARY 28

FLOWER FLOWERS SHOW WILL BE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED FOR REPLENISHMENT OF FRESH AND ADDING NEW EXHIBITS.

THE ADMISSION FEE IS $7 PER ADULT WHILE CHILDREN UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE, STUDENTS AND ELDERLY OVER 60 YEARS OLD ARE CHARGED $3 EACH.

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